Vulnerability CVE-2017-17509

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2017-17509 (CCN-136181)

Assigned:

2017-12-08

Published:

2017-12-08

Updated:

2017-12-19

Summary:

In HDF5 1.10.1, there is an out of bounds write vulnerability in the function H5G__ent_decode_vec in H5Gcache.c in libhdf5.a. For example, h5dump would crash or possibly have unspecified other impact someone opens a crafted hdf5 file.

CVSS v3 Severity:

8.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.7 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

5.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.9 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): High

CVSS v2 Severity:

6.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

4.6 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Complete

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-787

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2017-17509

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
hdf5-cve201717509-dos(136181)

Source: CCN
Type: hdf5 GIT Repository
hdf5/readme.md

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/hdf5/readme.md

Source: CCN
Type: HDF5 Web site
HDF5

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:hdfgroup:hdf5:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:118728	P	Security update for hdf5 (Important)	2022-06-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:118918	P	Security update for hdf5 (Important)	2022-06-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105904	P	haserl-0.9.36-1.3 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-10-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:2387	P	hdf5-gnu-hpc-1.10.7-2.25 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-10
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63056	P	hdf5-gnu-hpc-1.10.7-2.25 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-10
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63476	P	hdf5-gnu-hpc-1.10.7-2.25 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-10
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1967	P	hdf5-gnu-hpc-1.10.7-2.25 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-10
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2017175090000000	V	CVE-2017-17509 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2017-12-11
oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:2017175090000000	V	CVE-2017-17509 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - medium.	2017-12-11
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2017175090000000	V	CVE-2017-17509 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2017-12-11
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:201717509000	V	CVE-2017-17509 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - untriaged.	2017-12-10
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201717509000	V	CVE-2017-17509 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2017-12-10
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201717509000	V	CVE-2017-17509 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2017-12-10
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2017175090000000	V	CVE-2017-17509 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2017-12-10
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201717509000	V	CVE-2017-17509 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2017-12-10
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:201717509000	V	CVE-2017-17509 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.	2017-12-10

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